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Richard MacManus / Read/Write Web:
Microsoft Livens Up Web 2.0 — Summary: My Day 1 impressions of Windows/Office Live are positive and I think Microsoft is taking up the challenge of an increasingly Web-based software world, while at the same time sticking to their desktop software knitting.
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Russ / Russell Beattie Notebook:
Microsoft's Live: Monopoly 4.0 — So I actually get Microsoft's new Live initiative. It makes perfect sense for Microsoft to really go after the online application space as not only are they the standard bearer for many of the desktop apps which online apps emulate, but technically …
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Loosely Coupled weblog
microsoft.com:
Microsoft's Live Offerings — Windows Live and Microsoft Office Live are designed to deliver rich and seamless experiences to individuals and small businesses. — On Nov. 1, 2005, Microsoft Corp. previewed for the first time two new software-based service offerings called Windows Live™ and Microsoft Office Live.
Who da'Punk / Mini-Microsoft:It's A-Live! — First of all, I'm not writing to slam Windows Live …
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Smalltalk Tidbits …, Alex Barnett blog, Tinfinger, Ted's Radio Weblog, microsoft.com and Thomas Hawk's Digital …
John Borland / CNET News.com:
Sony to patch copy-protected CD — Sony BMG Music Entertainment and a technology partner are working with antivirus companies on a fix for a potential security problem in some copy-protected CDs. — Earlier in the week, security experts said that anticopying technology used by Sony BMG …
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Edward W. Felten / Freedom to Tinker:
CD-DRM Rootkit: Repairing the Damage — SonyBMG and First4Internet are in the doghouse now, having been caught installing rootkit-like software on the computers of SonyBMG music customers, thereby exposing the customers to security risk. The question now is whether the companies will face up to their mistake and try to remedy it.
www2.sprint.com:
Sprint Nextel, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Advance/Newhouse Communications to Form Landmark Cable and Wireless Joint Venture — Comcast: — Time Warner Cable: — Cox Communications: — David Grabert, (404) 269-7054 (office) or (678) 592-2258 (cell)
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press.nokia.com:
Presenting the Nokia N92: TV goes Mobile — The world's first integrated DVB-H mobile device makes prime time any time — Nokia Mobility Conference 2005, Barcelona, Spain/Espoo, Finland - At the Nokia Mobility Conference, Nokia today proudly presented the Nokia N92, the first integrated DVB-H mobile device …
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Associated Press:
Grandpa Is Sued Over Grandson's Downloads — MILWAUKEE - A 67-year-old man who says he doesn't even like watching movies has been sued by the film industry for copyright infringement after a grandson of his downloaded four movies on their home computer. — The Motion Picture Association …
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Massive Frontal PR is incompatible with Ship Early and Often — Microsoft's new (beta!) portal page, live.com, doesn't work in Firefox, and doesn't work too great in IE either. The first thing I used it for was to search for "firefox market share." — Like every search engine, you get a list of search results.
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Scobleizer, Download Squad, live.com blog, Geek News Central …, Solution Watch, Search Engine Journal and Views
businessweek.com:
Byte of the Apple — And Speaking of Things Michael Dell Said About Apple — And while I'm thinking of Michael Dell, something else he said about Apple - this much more recently - came to mind following Apple's release last week of a new round of PowerMac G5 and PowerBook portable computers.
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BuzzMachine, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Poynter Online, B.L. Ochman's weblog and rexblog.com
sgi.com:
SGI Securities to Cease NYSE Trading — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., (November 1, 2005)—SGI announced today that it has been advised by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that its common stock - ticker symbol SGI - and its 6.5% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due June 1, 2009 - ticker symbol SGI 09 …
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sec.gov:
SEC FILES EMERGENCY ACTION AGAINST ESTONIAN TRADERS TO STOP ONGOING FRAUDULENT HACKING SCHEME — Foreign Traders Used Computerized "Spider" Program to Fraudulently Steal Nonpublic Issuer Press Release Information from Commercial Wire Service — The Securities and Exchange Commission …
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Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Yahoo Marketing Yahoo Search in its Google Results — Yahoo Marketing Yahoo Search in its Google Results — Yahoo is testing a clever marketing tactic in its search results outside of the United States. If you search for "google" on Yahoo Australia & NZ, then Yahoo will serve a …
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Google Blogoscoped
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biz.yahoo.com:
Think Partnership Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire UK-based Web Diversity LLC — NORTHBROOK, Ill.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Nov. 2, 2005— Headquartered in London and poised to expand into Hong Kong, Web — Diversity will work with THK's Smart Interactive operations in the
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Barry Fox / newscientist.com:
Invention: Coffee beer — For over 30 years, Barry Fox has trawled the world's weird and wonderful patent applications each week, digging out the most exciting, intriguing and even terrifying new ideas. His column, Invention, is available exclusively online. — Read previous Invention round-ups:
Jlewin / Podcasting News:
Sony Announces PSP Podcasting Support — Sony Media Software has announced PSP Media Manager, software for the PC that lets users move content from their personal computer to their PSP (PlayStation Portable) system. Podcasts and video podcasts can be downloaded and encoded for PSP playback.
Shel Israel / Naked Conversations:
Rubel Rocking at Blogging Enterprise — Steve Rubel is delivering the keynote here at The Blogging Enterprise in Austin. He's rocking. He spotlights the impact of blogging on PR and the traditional media. He held a moment of silence im memory of the old media, then swung into the key aspects …
